Vegas Quotes

Las Vegas is the only place I know where money really talks--it says, Goodbye. (Frank Sinatra)
Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas. View quote
Paul Samuelson
I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it. View quote
Otis Blackwell
Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id. View quote
John Burdett
Our old-fashioned system is better than any new-fangled voting machine. Not only is it guaranteed to work, but there is something I find appealing in putting a mark on a piece of paper for the candidate of your choice, as opposed to pulling a lever as if you were gambling on a slot machine in Las Vegas. View quote
Jean Chrétien
People go to Vegas, and they don't know what to do; here's what you do. You go to the casino in your hotel. On your arrival, you get $100 in quarters. Take that $100 back to your hotel room and stare at it for a long, long time. Why? Because you're never going to see them again. Then you take those quarters to the bathroom and you flush them, one by one by one. And the nice thing about that is that every so often the toilet will back up, and you'll feel like a WINNER! View quote
Lewis Black
I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas. View quote
Tom Waits
I'd rather be in Las Vegas 104 degrees than New York 90 degrees, you know why? Legalized prostitution. In any weather that takes the edge off. View quote
Ray Romano
Sure, we loaned money to build hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. So what? Las Vegas borrowers were good customers. View quote
Jimmy Hoffa
They are preserving the sanctity of marriage, so that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years can't get married, but a guy can still get drunk in Vegas and marry a hooker at the Elvis chapel! The sanctity of marriage is saved! View quote
Lea DeLaria
The reason we shot it was that the script was geared to Las Vegas and it was something commercial that we wanted to have in the can in case Butterfly was a success and we needed a follow-up. (Pia Zadora)
We'd just released a zebra in Las Vegas. View quote
Rick Riordan
I lost $35,000 in less than a week at the Mirage in Las Vegas. View quote
Dennis Rodman
Your email inbox is a bit like a Las Vegas roulette machine. You know, you just check it and check it, and every once in a while there's some juicy little tidbit of reward, like the three quarters that pop down on a one-armed bandit. And that keeps you coming back for more. View quote
Douglas Rushkoff
Vegas represents the idea of America I had as a kid. The big cars, the pretty girls; everything is possible in Vegas. View quote
Joel Robuchon
I'd love to do a show in Vegas with drag queens. The tackier the better. View quote
Catherine Zeta-Jones
I met Elvis first in Las Vegas. I think I was appearing with Tom Jones and he came backstage to say hello to Tom or we went to his dressing room to say hello. View quote
Norm Crosby
Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone. View quote
Esther Williams
George Klein says that Elvis had five real friends outside of his circle, and I was blessed to be one of them. I spent a lot of time with Elvis in Vegas and at Graceland. View quote
Bill Medley
You know, I'm playing the Mirage in Vegas, the main room... About 5 percent of all comics end up as the main headliner on the Vegas Strip, so that's a big deal for me. Getting to do my stand-up the way I have this summer is really what I've dreamed of since I was about 10 years old. View quote
Billy Gardell
I had a big troupe, a big army and it was a lot of fun. And, after 10 years of that, I just decided that I wanted to travel and do special dates. I go to Las Vegas these days. (Bobby Vinton)
I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians. View quote
Ben E. King
Las Vegas is a very strange place. It's a place of broken dreams. View quote
Concha Buika
I love the live performances and Las Vegas. I also like making films that are being discovered by another generation. Having been a teen idol of the '60s is great because you realize you left your generation with a smile and good memories. View quote
Connie Stevens
And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience. View quote
Davy Jones